Table of Contents

List of Maps, Figures and Photos
Acknowledgements
Translations, Characters, and Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Revolution and Religion: The Pre-1949 Encounter
Chapter Two: The Land Revolution and Religious Communities in the Early 1950s
Chapter Three: The Contests for Communal Temples in the Early 1950s to the Mid-1970s
Chapter Four: Destruction and Renewal: Christian Churches from the Early 1950s to the Mid-1960s
Chapter Five: Diversification and Unification: Protestant Churches during the Cultural Revolution
Chapter Six: Mixed Blessings: Growth and Schisms among Protestant Churches, 1978-2014
Chapter Seven: Déjà Vu? -The Temple Reclamation Movement and the Revitalization of Rural Organizations, 1978-2014
Conclusion
Chinese Term List
Bibiliography
Index

About the Author

Xiaoxuan Wang is a historian of modern and late imperial China. His research interests include communal religion, Christianity, and the Chinese diaspora in Europe and the US. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2015.

Reviews

"Its detailed stories, further, provide an excellent resource for teaching about the multiple and unexpected trajectories of the Chinese Communist revolution at the local level, which insists on the Maoist revolution as both destructive but equally generative for religious life in China." -- Joshua Tan, Reading Religion
"Overall, the community of scholars studying modern Chinese religions will greatly benefit from this careful research on religion and politics in a mostly rural corner of China during the under-researched Maoist era. There are some unexpected findings that deserve reflection and will make us rethink certain assumptions." -- Mayfair Yang , Review of Religion and Chinese Society